Opening Address by

Top Official

Ministry of Agriculture & Irrigation, Myanmar

Plus Contributions from

U Zaw Win, Director, Dept of Industrial Crops Development
Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation

Kyaw Zaw Maung, Director
Directorate of Investment & Company Administration (DICA)

Ministry of National Planning and Economic Development

Daw. Naw Eh Hpaw, Deputy Director General & Head of Foreign Exchange Management Dept
Central Bank of Myanmar, Ministry of Finance and Revenue

Dr. Sengpaseuth, Deputy Director of Extension & Database Divn, Dept of Agri extn & Cooperatives
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Laos

Mr. Nazaruddin, Director of Processing and Marketing for Agricultural Products
Ministry of Agriculture, Republic of Indonesia

"Myanmar parliament passes investment law..."

September 7, 2012 - News Terra.com

Thai Hua Rubber Pcl, Thailand's third-largest rubber producer, plans to invest in Myanmar, aiming to produce rubber and export it following political and economic reforms there, Chief Executive Luckchai Kittipol told Reuters...The company was ready to start growing rubberimmediately it gets permission from the government."
21/5/12, www.ft.lk

Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) set to invest US$550 million in Myanmar to develop agriculture and livestock projects The project would include maize seed and cattle farms, aquatic animal farms, rice farms and rice mills, pluslivestock processing plants, starting this year and running through 2015. The investments would commence once a 'clearer' law onforeign investment will beimplemented.

26/7/12, www.pigprogress.net

Myanmar is rich in arable lands, water and other resources and it has over 16 million acres of wild land that can be developed. It has huge agricultural potential. The government is encouraging foreign investments in agricultural sector, from commercial farm to downstream processing sectors. With the political and economic reforms underway, tremendous opportunities abound in Asia's last frontier.

Prospective investors, both local and overseas are eagerly awaiting the new investment law to be approved by the parliament shortly. Investment in agriculture and related industries will help boost agricultural production and farmers' access to new markets inside Myanmar and abroad!

With the continuous volatility in food prices, food security is one of the top agenda of all governments worldwide. What role can Asia play in terms of providing food security? Where else in Asia can prospective agri investor consider? Is Myanmar ripe for investment? What are the latest technological innovations to increase agricultural yield & profitability?

You will network with key decision-makers from

- Farm & plantation investors/owners - Asset management company - Investment banks & agricultural funds company - Fertilizer companies - Seed suppliers - Machinery companies - Tax & legal firm - Insurance companies & risk management consultant - Agrochem & biotech companies - Irrigation industry - Government organization & investment board

Multiple Benefits in attending:

• Gain first hand insights from top officials in the Ministry of Agriculture & Irrigation in Myanmar on the emerging opportunities
• Key experts from rubber, palm, sugar, biofuel, pulses and ricesector give latest investment outlook and demand in Myanmar and beyond
• Hear from the Presidential Economic Advisor on the on-going economic, trade & finance reform to drive investment
• DICA & MIC will share the procedures and guidelines to set up a commercial farm and related businesses in Myanmar
• Legal expert will dissect the fallow land and farm land law in Myanmar & explain the Real Sense of "Ownership of Land".
• How to structure share holder ownership?
• Post-harvest management of managing produce from farm to market
• Financing farmland investment and role of fund managers
• Technological innovations to increase agri profitability and sustainability
• Commodities trading and challenges
• Asia's role on food security
• Officials from Laos & Indonesia spell-out agri investment opportunities
• Network with industry's who's who to maximize your investment!

Sign up with your team today to be the first to seize the opportunity!Contact grace@cmtsp.com.sg or visit www.cmtevents.com for registration.

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